Table 2.

Mean of ADC and FA in ROIs of cerebral white matter between experimental and control groups (N=38).

	ADC		FA
	Observation group	Control group	Observation group	Control group
Corona radiate*	1.74±0.27	1.54±0.23a	0.29±0.04	0.39±0.14e
Superior longitudinal fasciculus	1.63±0.25	1.50±0.22b	0.24±0.05	0.33±0.05f
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus	1.72±0.23	1.61±0.22c	0.29±0.03	0.32±0.05g
Posterior limb of internal capsule	1.08±0.048	1.04±0.03d	0.51±0.04	0.54±0.03h

ROI – region of interest; ADC – apparent diffusion coefficient; FA – fractional anisotropy.

^*The measured value of ADC and FA were the mean of both sides;

comparison between experimental and control groups:

^(a)t=3.563, p=0.001;

^(b)t=2.372, p=0.020;

^(c)t=2.093, p=0.039;

^(d)t=4.0379, p<0.001;

^(e)t=4.0456, p<0.001;

^(f)t=7.445, p<0.001;

^(g)t=2.371, p=0.020;

^(h)t=3.406, p=0.001.